Jinzhong is located in the hinterland of Fenhe River impact plain, with fertile land and a large population. Shanxi merchants entered the heyday of their career from the middle of Qing Dynasty. They all built luxury houses in the county and hometown, and the county was prosperous for a while.
People often say that "Yin Qi County is a golden valley". This Taigu County is famous overseas because it once produced a modern celebrity Kong Xiangxi. Taigu Old Street was called "China's Wall Street" in the late Qing Dynasty, which shows the prosperity of Shanxi merchants' financial undertakings in that year.
Nowadays, slogans such as "Welcome to Golden Taigu" and "Building a Harmonious Golden Taigu" can be seen everywhere in the streets and government offices of Taigu.
At present, Sanduotang is the smallest in the courtyard of Shanxi merchants that is open for visit. The Cao family mansion, the largest family in Taigu, was built according to the four characters of "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Xi". At present, only Sanduo Hall, which looks like longevity, is preserved completely, and it is called Cao Family Courtyard.
The owners of other quadrangles in Taigu, Cao Jiahe earned different money. Before the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they had made great progress in foreign trade. With the Qing dynasty ruling the whole country, Cao Jia began to be interested in reaching all parts of the world.
After Cao Jia made a fortune, he built a mansion in Taigu County and his hometown. Now Sanduotang is just a small courtyard. Although the area is a little small, Sanduotang has many exhibits to see, which is much higher in popularity than other courtyards.
For various reasons, there are not many tourists in Sanduotang, the most obvious one is that there is a big gap between Sanduotang and the nearby Qiao Family Courtyard. This can be seen clearly from the gate of the compound.
Compared with the vendors in front of Qiao's house, North? Bo? Ang) There isn't even a decent shop around Sanduotang Village. When the car enters the village, it must pass through a railway culvert. It is said that the passage height of this hole is not enough, and it is difficult for many travel agencies to drive to the door of Sanduotang.
"Qiao Family Courtyard" and other film and television dramas have actually been filmed in Sanduotang, but it is Qiao Family Courtyard that benefits the most.
The main entrance of Sanduotang used to be the south gate, but it was closed because it was a dangerous building, and the east gate that was not used before was changed. The East Gate is an east-west passage, which is more than 60 meters long and ends at the West Gate. The attic on the door is the Protoss Pavilion, which contains the appliances used by Cao Jiazu when he started his business, such as pole and cart. On the south side of the passage are the stage, guest room and study room.
On the north side are three relatively independent and interconnected courtyards, which are many children, many blessings and many lives in turn, and the building formats are basically the same. The brick wall behind the main building of the Third Hospital is17m high and looks like a fortress from the outside. The surface of the house is designed for drainage. The slope of the channel makes the heavy rain flow away quickly.
The Cao family likes the new and hates the old. The first generator and the first car in Shanxi history came from Cao Jia.
The Cao family also likes collecting. It is said that the Japanese army used dozens of trolleys to take away various items from Sanduotang, and many precious collections are still missing. The objects now seen in Sanduotang are partly the original objects of the Cao family and partly the collections collected by the cultural relics department from Jinzhong area.
The museum now has more than 400 pieces of Ming and Qing furniture and more than 2,000 pieces of porcelain. The main house of Duoziyuan is very familiar. Think carefully about the scene in the TV series "Bright Sword" where Chu and Chu meet. Even the layout of furniture has remained basically unchanged.
In the treasure house is the treasure of the Cao family's town house, the "golden locomotive clock", which is said to be used by Cixi to compensate the Cao family for their service to the court and to give this gift to the Cao family from France. More than 80 kilograms of clocks are made of gold, silver and crystal. When it is completely wound, the locomotive can start.
Another treasure is jade cabbage, but the original has been lost. Some people say that the jade cabbage in the National Palace Museum in Taipei is an original of the Cao family.
In addition, the riverside scene in Qingming Festival, the jade mirror and the jade roast chicken in Qiu in Ming Dynasty are all the best.
The furnishings of Xiulou Courtyard basically restored the room layout of the old extended family. The most valuable wooden furniture in Cao's home is the longevity screen. It is 3.8 meters high, 5 meters wide and weighs 500 kilograms. Rosewood texture, ivory edge, inlaid with marble. 100 different birthday characters are on both sides of the screen.
In the middle of the back of the picture is Mo Bao of Qi Juanzao, a famous official and great calligrapher in Qingdao County. Recorded 18 Han Dynasty famous sayings, epigrams and gold powder inscriptions, which have been shining so far.
Sanduotang looks very small, and there are too many places moving in the yard. It's worth stopping for two hours.
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